BlackBerry's head of BBM business leaves company

TORONTO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd said on Monday that Andrew Bocking, the executive in charge ofits BBM instant messaging business, has left the company.

The Waterloo, Ontario-based company did not disclose whetherBocking's departure was part of an internal management shuffleor whether he left to pursue other interests.

The technology company, which is seeking to rebuild itselfunder the leadership of new Chief Executive John Chen, said onlythat Bocking "made the decision to leave BlackBerry".

Since taking the reins late last year, Chen has reshuffledmanagement ranks and has signaled that he plans to focus more onthe company's services, or enterprise, business, which managessmartphone traffic on the internal networks of corporate andgovernment clients.

BlackBerry said John Sims, who heads the company'senterprise segment, will add the BBM team to his organization.The company said it plans to build on BBM's strength inmessaging and expand it into new areas, including mobilemarketing, community building and enterprise messaging.